Loop News – Antigua and Barbuda which has been experiencing water challenges due to drought conditions, was drenched with so much rain from tropical storm Philippe that several of the island’s water catchments are now near full.
This information is according to Chief of Staff in the Office of the Prime Minister Lionel Hurst at Friday’s Post Cabinet briefing.
He said Antigua and Barbuda received more than 8 inches of rain from tropical storm Philippe, which had also caused widespread flooding.
Hurst said the Potswork Dam, which could hold one billion and 200 million gallons of water, is about one-third full. That equals about 400 million gallons of water.
Hurst pointed out that water experts say it is enough water to service Antigua for the next three to four months.
He said this shows that the issue of getting water into households was not an Antigua Public Utilities Authority (APUA) problem, but one of drought.
Hurst believes that the water rationing which the island has been under should not be needed over the next three to four months.
